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This additional advisory only announces a recompile of the package forthe Intel ia32 architecture.. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-016-2 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze January 24, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : wu-ftpd Vulnerability : temp file creation and format string Debian-specific: no Security people at WireX have noticed a temp file creation bug and the WU-FTPD development team has found a possible format string bug in wu-ftpd. Both could be remotely exploited, though no such exploit exists currently. This additional advisory only announces a recompile of the package for the Intel ia32 architecture. The upload from yesterday was lacking PAM support. This only required a recompile and contains no other fixes. For upgrading please use wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Or use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - ------------------------------------ Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: e0521153d6c9c23082edb29cc8d03fd3 These files will be moved into soon. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Debian announces a recompile of Wu-FTPD to mitigate temp file and format string exploit risks. Upgrade recommended.. Debian Security Advisory, wu-ftpd update, remote exploit, file creation issue, ia32 architecture. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2001
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